Shipping package



July 26, 1949. J. G. DUNNEBACK SHIPPING PACKAGE Filed Sept. 28, 1945 wil a 7 w a 6 m f m 5 N m 0 M 3 5 A, a w H fi 5 a 0 J Patented July 26, 1949 SHIPPING PACKAGE Joseph G. Dunneback, Shaker Heights, Ohio, assignor to J. & L. Steel Barrel Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., a corporation of New Jersey Application September 28, 1945, Serial No. 619,041

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to shipping packages and is especially suitable for use in shipping ar ticles of great weight which must be firmly supported against damage such as might occur through rough handling. The packing elements here disclosed include some features that are disclosed also in my copending applications Serial Nos. 619,038 and 619,040.

One object of my invention is to provide a shipping package of such construction that the packaged article will be rigidly supported and firmly anchored.

Another object of my invention is to provide a shipping package comprising parts so arranged that not only will the article shipped therein be more firmly supported and held against damage from rough handling than in the case of various other forms of packages, but the articles can, nevertheless, conveniently be incorporated within and removed from the container.

Other details, objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the following description of a present preferred embodiment thereof proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a present preferred embodiment of the invention, in which Figure 1 is a vertical cross-sectional View, partly in elevation of a shipping package;

Figure 2 is a horizontal cross-sectional view taken on the line II-II of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical cross-sectional view to enlarged scale of a portion of the structure of Figure 1;

1 Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical cross-sectional view to enlarged scale of another portion of the structure of Figure 1; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the locking ring of Figure 1. e

A seating disc or block 6 is positioned within the lower end of the drum 1 and a supporting disc or plate 8 which may suitably be of laminated wood serves to hold the upper portion of the article 9 in centralized position and to resist endwise displacement thereof in the drum, the article 9 being connected to the disc 8 by bolts I0 thatextend through the disc and through holes in a flange II that constitutes part of the article, which may, for example, be an electric motor.

The supporting disc 8 and its attached article 9 are held in place at the upper or outer end of the drum by a ring I2 that seats within an internal groove or corrugation I3 of the drum wall. A snap ring can be substituted for the ring I2, as in the case of the split rings of the copending applications first above mentioned. However, for heavy articles such as machinery of the more massive forms, I prefer to employ a locking ring which will more positively hold the disc 8 in place. To this end, perforated ears I4 are formed on the ring whereby the ring is connected to the disc 8 by screws I5.

In assembling the package, the article 9 will first be bolted to the disc 8 and the parts inserted into the drum 1. Thereupon, the ring 12 will be inserted and expanded into place in-its seat l3, and the screws l5 applied. A cover 11 will then be placed upon the container and will be held securely thereon by a series of lugs or tongues i8 formed on the edge of the cover and bendable into the position shown in Figure 4, or having snap engagement with a bead IS on the upper edge of the drum, if they are of spring material.

In any case, they will hold the lid tightly against a packing ring 20 that seats on the bead I9. No thrust is imposed against the inner side of the lid by the contents of the package.

In order to remove the article from the package, the screws IE will be taken out and the ring I? contracted to permit its withdrawal, upstanding lips 2| being provided thereon as convenient grasping elements by which they can be drawn toward one another to contract the ring. The disc 8 and the attached article 9 can then be lifted from the drum 1 by means of suitable finger holes I6 provided in the disc 8.

The term drum is employed herein largely as a matter of convenience; the casing or container shell need not necessarily be of cylindrical contour.

While I have shown and described a present preferred embodiment of the invention it is to be distinctly understood that the invention is not limited thereto but may be otherwise variously embodied within the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

A shipping package comprising a drum-like container, a supporting plate loosely fitting in the container, a seating surface on the inner wall of the container, a retaining element having a portion seated in said seating surface, means for fastening the plate to said element so that the plate is suspended therefrom and means for connecting an article to the plate, the seating surface being in the form of an annular groove coaxial with the container and. the retaining element being in the form of a split rin insertible REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Felten Mar. 20, 1923 Hoy -1 Oct. 30, 1928 Rollason Aug. 4, 1934 Horner et a1 Mar. 5, 1935 Newton Oct. 17, 1939 Bjong Sept. 24, 1940 Kueppers Oct. 27,1942 B hn ;--i-.-Iu 43 

